Jade Hurley
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Jade Hurley
| honorific_suffix = OAM
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| birth_name = John Anthony Patrick Hurley
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1943|6|17}}
| birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
| origin = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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| genre = {{hlist|Rock and roll|country rock|country pop}}
| occupation = Musician
| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|piano|banjo}}
| years_active = 1957–present
| label = Festival
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| website = {{URL|jadehurley.net/}}
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John Anthony Patrick Hurley OAM (born 17 June 1943), who performs as Jade Hurley, is an Australian country music singer-songwriter and pianist. Hurley's hit singles are "How I Lied" (1965), "Down in the Riverina" (1974) and "Another Saturday Night" (1982). He was a regular performer on TV including on The Mike Walsh Show in the 1970s to early 1980s. In June 1998 he was awarded the Order of Australia Medal, "for service to the entertainment industry and to the community, particularly in the area of fund raising for groups including the arthritis foundation of NSW, the Australian Cancer Foundation for medical research and Camp Quality."
Biography
Jade Hurley was born on 17 June 1943 in Sydney as John Anthony Patrick Hurley.{{cite web | publisher = Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS) | title = 'Beautiful Sunday' at APRA search engine | url = http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=beautiful+sunday | accessdate = 6 March 2020 }} Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' &/or 'Performer:'{{cite news | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52620269 | title = You Wanted to Know | last = Schluter | first = Kevin | newspaper = The Australian Women's Weekly | date = 26 May 1982 | access-date = 6 March 2020 | page = 152 | via = Trove (National Library of Australia) }}{{cite book | title = Jade: The Jade Hurley Story | last = Hurley | first = Jade | year = 2003 | publisher = Jade Hurley Star Communications | isbn = 0646424629 }} The performance name, Jade, was provided by Australian rock and roller, Johnny O'Keefe, in the 1960s because of gloves that Hurley wore.{{cite book | author1 = Nichols, David | title = Dig: Australian Rock and Pop Music, 1960-85 | date = 2016 | location = Portland, OR | publisher = Verse Chorus Press | isbn=978-1-891241-61-1 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=MFzmDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA34 | page = 34 }}{{cite news | work = The Sydney Morning Herald | title = Bobbin Around | author = Rogers, Bob | author-link = Bob Rogers (DJ) | page = 81 | url = https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/122795150/ | date = 26 September 1965 | accessdate = 17 July 2016 }}{{cite book | author1 = Hayton, Jon | author2 = Isackson, Leon | title = Behind the Rock and Beyond: the Diary of a Rock Band 1956–1980 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=BRz1GjNK7twC&pg=PA1944&dq=%22Jade+Hurley%22#q=%22Jade%20Hurley%22/ | date = 2010 | publisher = Sid Harta Publications | isbn = 978-1-921642-28-9 | page = 1944 }} Leon Isackson of Ray Hoff and the Offbeats recalled auditioning the pianist in October 1959, "[Hurley] figured that he needed a gimmick to cover up for his rude piano playing so he wore bright jade green gloves with the fingers cut out. They didn't help much. We sacked him two weeks later."
Hurley had started his music career at the age of 14 with his first band, the Rockin' Rebels, in Sydney.{{cite web | url = http://howlspace.com.au/comeback/index0105.htm | title = Come Back Again... Jade Hurley: The Jade Hurley Story | author = Spencer, Chris | website = HowlSpace – The Living History of Our Music | editor = Ed Nimmervoll | editor-link = Ed Nimmervoll | publisher = White Room Electronic Publishing | via = National Library of Australia | archiveurl = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20060823041704/http://howlspace.com.au/comeback/index0105.htm | archive-date = 23 August 2006 | access-date = 7 March 2020 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} He went solo, with the help of O'Keefe, appearing on the latter's TV show – including his debut in 1960 – on Six O'Clock Rock. Hurley was dubbed "Australia's King of Country Rock" by O'Keefe and was a support act on O'Keefe's live performances.{{cite web | url = https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=pBsq11K2w5w | title = Jade Hurley – 'Battle of New Orleans' | via = YouTube | date = 23 November 2012 | accessdate = 17 July 2016 }} He also appeared on Australia's version of Bandstand.
Hurley's early singles were mostly his own written material, including "How I Lied" (1965), which peaked in the top 30 in Brisbane. His country-pop vocals were combined with the melodic and rhythmic feel of the current beat era. With the exception of his cover version of "Gold and Silver" (1966),{{cite web | archiveurl = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20170503140417/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/43557/20170504-0001/www.poparchives.com.au/1831/jade-hurley/gold-and-silver.html | url = http://www.poparchives.com.au/1831/jade-hurley/gold-and-silver.html | work = Where did they get that song? | title = 'Gold and Silver' – Jade Hurley (1966) | last = Nuttall | first = Lyn | publisher = PopArchives – Sources of Australian Pop Records from the 50s, 60s and 70s (Lyn Nuttall) | archivedate = 3 May 2017 | accessdate = 13 June 2018 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} his charting singles were his own compositions: "My Baby Judy" (1965), "I'm Ashamed of You" (1966) and "Down in the Riverina" (1974).{{cite web|title=Billboard Book – Google Books |date = 10 July 1965|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UykEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22|accessdate=30 September 2016}} Later Hurley changed over to country music although his live shows also included rock and roll favourites.
Hurley worked on The Mike Walsh Show from the 1970s to early 1980s, with his "Golden Oldens" music segment, where he performed cover versions of songs from the 1950s and 1960s.{{cite web|title=Jade Hurley: Australia's rock-n-roll survivor|url=http://abc.net.au/local/stories/2006/07/31/1701133.htm|accessdate=17 July 2016}} Due to the show he was, "identified with MOR performers rather than as a rocker" and by 1981 he was described as a "grannies' heart-throb" but he explained, "When I do live shows, the audience is usually made up of housewives who have seen me on the Walsh show. They bring their husbands along to the club."{{cite news | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51585695 | title = The Golden Touch of Jade | last = Adams | first = Clay | newspaper = The Australian Women's Weekly | date = 2 December 1981 | access-date = 6 March 2020 | page = 144 | via = Trove (National Library of Australia) }}
He regularly toured Australia in a motor home, "playing in tours up and down the country and doing the RSL and club circuit in NSW."{{cite news | title = Country Rock Star Jade Hurley Robbed of Merchandise While on Tour in Perth | last = Hickey | first = Phil | url = http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/country-rock-star-jade-hurley-robbed-of-merchandise-while-on-tour-in-perth/news-story/de3fd095c1db4d11adaeb510309c9427 | work = Perth Now | date = 31 October 2015 | accessdate = 11 November 2016 }}{{cite news | url = https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/jade-hurleys-bling-nicked/news-story/35d8db1e767157392e28b8f16a06d905 | title = Jade Hurley's Bling Stolen from Motorhome | last = Ironside | first = Robyn | work = The Courier-Mail | date = 25 March 2009 | accessdate = 7 March 2020 }} In 2008 he broke attendance records at the Tamworth Country Music Festival when 1550 people turned up to his show. In March 2009 a thief stole jewellery and other items from his motor home: in the following month most of it had been recovered by police.{{cite web | url = https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/singers-110k-rings-flogged-for-150/news-story/1a7780b7ae3b6dcc9ac87fe3d8ec1e65 | title = Singer's $110k rings flogged for $150 | last = Barbeler | first = David | work = news.com.au | date = 21 April 2009 | accessdate = 7 March 2020 | agency = Australian Associated Press (AAP) }} On 23 March 2019 Hurley appeared on the podcast, Wayne's Wonder World.{{cite web|title='Australia's King of Country Rock' Jade Hurley OAM|url=https://soundcloud.com/waynes_wonder_world/australias-king-of-country-rock-jade-hurley-oam|accessdate=23 March 2019}}
Discography
=Studio albums=
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|+ List of albums, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;" | Album details ! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart |
| scope="col" style="text-align:center;" | AUS {{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=145}} |
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| scope="row" | King of Country Rock
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| align="center" | 76 |
| scope="row" | Jade Hurley's 20 Golden Oldens
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| scope="row" | Solid Gold
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| align="center" | 70 |
| scope="row" | No Stopping
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| scope="row" | Jade Hurley
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| scope="row" | More Golden Oldens
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| scope="row" | Jade Hurley's Rock N Roll Party
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| scope="row" | Jade Hurley's Rock N Roll Party
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| scope="row" | Rockin' On
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| align="center" | 75 |
| scope="row" | Great Balls Of Fire (24 Rock 'N Roll Greats)
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| align="center" | 64 |
| scope="row" | Country and Love Songs
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Awards and honours
Hurley was awarded an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for his contribution to the entertainment industry encouraging and nurturing young talent, and for his work with charitable organisations including Arthritis Foundation (NSW), Camp Quality and Australian Cancer Research Foundation.{{cite web | url = https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/870486 | title = Award Extract – Name: Mr Jade Hurley | publisher = Department of the Prime Minister and Government | date = 8 June 1998 | accessdate = 6 March 2020 }} Hurley also served as an alderman on the Deniliquin Council and campaigned for Al Grassby in the 1972 Australian federal election.{{cite web|title=Mike Walsh Show, The|url=http://nostalgiacentral.com/television/tv-by-decade/tv-shows-1970s/mike-walsh-show/|accessdate=17 July 2016}}
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Category:Australian male singers